PAHO Director, Dr Carissa Etienne, calls for “extreme caution” when transitioning to more flexible social distancing measures.

There is no evidence that oral poliovirus vaccine protects people against infection with COVID-19 virus. A clinical trial is planned in the USA, and WHO will evaluate the evidence when it is available. 

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SITUATION IN NUMBERS total (new cases in last 24 hours) Globally 1 844 863 confirmed (71 779) 117 021 deaths (5369).   

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There is no evidence that the Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine (BCG) protects people against infection with COVID-19 virus. Two clinical trials addressing this question are underway, and WHO will evaluate the evidence when it is available. In the absence of evidence, WHO does not recommend BCG vaccination for the prevention of COVID-19.

  

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  • Ningún nuevo país, territorio o área ha reportado casos de COVID-10 en las últimas 24 horas.
  • El total global de fallecimientos por COVD-19 ha superado los 100 mil casos.   
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One new country/territory/area (European Region [1]) has reported cases of COVID-19.

WHO COVID-19 Situation Reports present official counts of confirmed COVID19 cases, thus differences between WHO reports and other sources of COVID19 data using different inclusion criteria and different data cutoff times are to be expected.  

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